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UNITED STATES PATENT JOTTTC.

IIIRAM 4GTEYER, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO REBECCA f GEYER, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

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Application tiled June 16, 1902. Serial No. 111.984. (No model.)

To all whom, it' may/ conce/L: The lower ends 9 of the upright side bars or Be it known that I, HIRAM GEYER, a citizen standards 6 may be recessed to form shoulof the United States, residing at Goshen, in ders for engaging the'upper edges of the side the county of'Elkhartand rState of Indiana, sills to relieve the lower fastening devices of 55 have invented a new and` useful Swing, of strain and to form a solid structure.

which the following is a specification. Chairs are hung from the upper portions of The invention relates to improvements in the supporting-frames by means of inner and swings. outer oscillatory links or bars 10 and 11, pr'o- The objeetof thepresentinvention is toimvided at their upper and lower ends with 6o 1o prove the construction of swings and to pro. eyes 12, receiving theA pivots and having vide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive `shanks 13, consisting of partial casings and one of great strength and durability whichr receiving the terminals of thebars'lO and 11. may be readily constructed and in which the Each shank or partial casing consists of a supporting-frames will not extend above the plate provided at the sides and outer end with 65 seats and will be located asuftlcient distancev lianges 14C and 15, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

from the same so that there will be no lia-. of the drawings. Y bility of accidentally pinching the ngers be- Each chair comprises a seat 16, a rigid seattween the seat4 and the side supports when supporting frame 17, and an adjustable back the swing is in operation. t 18, and the seat-supporting frame is com- 7o 2o The invention Consists in the construction posed of uprights or bars arranged in pairs and novely combination and arrangementolL at each side of the chair and connected at parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated their upper ends by arms 19 and at their in the accompanying drawings, and pointed lower portions by horizontal side bars and out in the claimhereto appended. 5 cross-bars andinclined braces 20. The lower ,5 z5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a'perspective` ends of the oscillatory links or bars are pivview of a swing constructed in accordance oted to the seat-frame at the lower ends of with this invention. Fig. 2isa longitudinal the upright bars or members of the same, sectional View. Fig. 3 is a transverse secand the seat 16 is provided with suitable side tional view. Fig. .Lisa detail vieW of one of 1bars 21, which are secured to the upright 8o 3o the oscillatory supporting links or bars. bars ofthe seat-supporting frame. The seat- Like numerals of reference designate corresupporting frame is provided at its bottom spending parts in all the figures of the draw- -with horizontal ratchet-bars 22, having teeth ings. shouldered at their outer ends and adapted 1 designates a base provided with central to be engaged by the teeth 23 of the lower 85 and end feet-2 and 3 and composed of sidel ends of side bars 24 of the chair-back, and

sillsand connecting end bars 4,-and the said the said side bars 24, which are suitably conside sills are also preferably supportedfby an,v nected and braced, are provided between intermediate cross-ba'rf. The feet 2 and 3 their ends with longitudinal slots 25, receivconsist of blocks suitably secured to the lower ing pivots 26. The slots 25 of the side bars 9o 4o edgesy of 'the side sills, as 'clearly shown in' of the chair-back permit the latter to be Fig. 1. Secured tothe side sills are supportmoved vertically sufficiently to disengage ing-frames arranged in pairs and composed their lower ends from the teeth of the ratchetof inclined side bars or standards 6 and conbars to permit the chair-back to be arranged meeting-bars 7, arranged vherir/iontally and sein a perpendicular or an inclined position, 95 cured at their ends to the upper terminals of and the ratchet-bars willlock the chair-back the bars cr standards 6, andthe said supportat the desired adjustment. The inclined ing-frames are preferably reinforced at the braces 2O are secured to the inner faces of adjacent ends of the bars or members 6 and the upright bars of the seat-supporting frame, 7 by angle plates or straps 8, bolted or otherand the ratchet-bars are odset from the planes roo 5o wise secured to the outer edges of the said of the inclined braces 20 by means of horibars or members, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. zontal connecting-bars 27, and the side bars 21 of the seat offset the side bars of the back of the chair from the inclined braces 20 and enable them to swing freely backward and forward in adjusting the'chair-back.

The chairs of the swing are caused to swing in unison by means of a horizontal platform 28, preferably composed of side bars and suitable connecting-slats and provided at the ends of the side bars with recesses 29 to receive upper, lower, and intermediate supports 30, 31, and 32 of the seat-supporting frames, whereby the platform is adapted to be arranged at different elevations to accommodate adults and children and also to form a bed. The platform 28 is arranged upon the lower-supports to arrange the swing for adults and on the intermediate supports to arrange it for children, and when it is placed on the upper supports it connects the seats and forms a continuous support. When the platform is arranged at the top to form a bed, the backs of the chairs are disengaged from the ratchet-bars and are swung downward to an approximately horizontal position to form continuations of the seats. By this construction the parts may be readily arranged to form a bed, and when so arranged the chairs will oscillate in unison in the same manner as when they are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By alternately pressing upon the chair-backs and the platform the chairs are oscillated, and the links impart a long swinging or oscillatory motion to the chairs, and the seats are located a suflicient distance above and away from the supporting-frames to prevent the fingers from being pinched during the operation of the swing. The parts of the swing are secured together by bolts and are adapted to be readily separated to enable the swing to be compactly shipped or stored, and the parts may be quickly assembled when desired. The connecting-bars of the base may be secured to the side sills in any suitable manner, and transverse bracingrods 33 may be employed for preventing the side sills from spreading.

The upper and lower supports 30 and 31 consist of cross bars or rods having suitable notches or reduced portions to receive the platform, and the intermediate supports 32 consist of short projections or pins adapted to receive the platform and arranged beyond the side bars of the chair-backs to provide an open space to permit the side bars of the chair-backs to swing upward beneath the supports 30 when the part-s are arranged to form .a bed.

In a swing, the combination of a base, supporting-frames secured to the base, links connected with the supporting-frames, seat-supporting frames pivotally connected to the links and provided with seats and having upper, lower and intermediate supports, the upper and lower supports consisting of crossbars and the intermediate supports consisting of projections or pins, a platform adapted to engage the supports, and chair-backs pivotally and slidably connected with the seatsupporting frames and having side bars olfset from the pins or projections and adapted to clear the same to permit the chair-backs to be swung downward to form a bed, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM GEYER.

Witnesses:

G. B. KEssLER, B. F. DEAHL. 

